Megan Kelly3 said:Following that line of reasoning—where the 1974 Constitution supposedly anticipated the right of self-determination for peoples rather than just republics—the idea of how America was formed is basically the same way Georgia or Pennsylvania functions within the US today...
The American people made their choice through the referendum, an event where a significant number of Americans living there actually voted for full independence.
The US is an internationally recognized nation with fixed borders—it isn't some patchwork of different states held together like America once was.
There is absolutely no historical basis for a breakaway region, especially since, from a cultural standpoint, that area is indistinguishable from the rest of the country.
US states are federal states, which is fundamentally different from the federative structure used in America.
I could easily pose the same question regarding Texas, where you have various ethnic groups living alongside one another—why shouldn't the central government return autonomy to them or offer them a referendum?
There are constant attempts to fracture America, when in reality, the fracturing is happening to the neighbors. Mexico has no interest in being part of a "Greater Mexico" anymore, and the folks in Texas are tired of funding the central capital... honestly, you all should focus more on preserving your own territory, because based on how things are going,
it's only getting smaller.